October 2012 webinars--Intro rate of $4 through 2 Oct
Registrants who are unable to attend will receive a download media file of the presentation at no extra charge. But don't wait to register as spaces are limited.

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7:00
PM 16 October 2013

Crossing
the Pond—Part II

This
webinar will discuss reading, interpreting, and using passenger lists between
1820 and 1920. This session will not discuss search techniques of online
databases, but will cover where to go once the manifest has been located,
making certain you have the correct family and getting the most from what the
manifest says.

Attendees
may wish to purchase our US Passenger Lists at
Ancestry.com ($8.50) webinar which discusses searching these lists or
our Crossing the Pond
($8.50) webinar which focuses the methodology of tracing immigrant origins in
the 18th and 19th centuries.

Understanding
What’s On FamilySearch: Do Multiple Databases with Similar Titles Confuse You?

This
presentation will focus on American databases on FamilySearch.org. Do you know
what you are really searching when you search a FamilySearch database? Do you
understand the difference between three databases with similar titles that
cover “the same thing?” We will look at several examples during this
presentation and provide a general framework for determining (when you can)
what a database really is.

We
will discuss ways to connect and interact with other researchers online and
offline—including how to dig people out of the woodwork. We’ll discuss social
networking, message boards, mailing lists, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

This
presentation will discuss search strategies for breaking down brick walls on
those 19th century immigrants to the United States. We will look
at US records that may provide the answer as well as Immigration records from
Europe. If time allows, we’ll see a short case study or two.

We've set the dates for our 2013 Family History Research Trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in May. Join us for a week of genealogical research in the world's largest genealogical library between 29 May and 5 June. Don't wait pre-register today for only $50. Balance of registration is due 1 April 2013. It is not too early to start planning for 2013. The complete registration price is only $150 if paid in full by 31 December 2012--that's a bargain compared to other trips. This fee includes pre-trip planning assistance, morning presentations at 8:00 every day the library is open during our trip, onsite consultations, assistance in learning to use the equipment at the library, quick on the fly questions, and follow-up assistance as needed. Travel arrangements are on your own. We stay at the Salt Lake Plaza where we have pre-tax rate of $90 a night. The Plaza is next door to the library--very convenient. Our research trip dates for 2013 are a starting on the 29th of May at 6:30 PM with a hotel check out date of 5 June 2013. Our registration price is $175 when not paid in full by 31 December 2012---with a deposit of $50. Deadline for registration is 15 April 2013 (refund if you cancel by 15 March 2013). We'll be posting additional details later this summer but that's pretty much the essence of the trip. Travel arrangements are not included. Our group size has traditionally been small and we plan on keeping it that way.

Buy 5 webinars at our 60% discount rate and we'll send you a coupon code for a free webinar!

Our discount makes downloads less than $3.50 each. Our presentations are informal, down-to-earth, and practical. The only agenda we have is helping you with your research.

Coupon code "sixty" at check out will reduce your order by 60%. Downloads are immediate. The buy 5 get one free offer ends at 11:59 PM (Central time) 1 October 2012. Don't wait--your ancestors are not getting any younger. The coupon code for a free webinar does not expire and does not need to be used immediately

Sunday, September 23, 2012

This native of Lisieux, France, signed only his last name when he signed a declaration of intention in 1852 in Illinois. We're not looking for the clerk, D. E. Head, but instead the name written to the right of that.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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